Dom Joseph Pothier, O. S. B. (Bouzemont, France, 1835 - Priory of Conques, Belgium, 1923) was a French liturgist and scholar who reconstituted the Gregorian chant. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those History Gregorian chant was organized codified and notated mainly in the Frankish lands of western and central Europe during the 12th and 13th centuries with later additions
Overview
A Benedictine monk of Solesmes abbey (1859) under Abbot Dom Prosper Guéranger, he was made sub-prior of Saint-Pierre-de-Solesmes (1862-1863 and 1866-1893), then superior of Saint-Martin-de-Ligugé abbey (1893-1895 in Ligugé, 1895-1898 as deputy to Saint-Wandrille on behalf of Ligugé abbey). Benedictine refers to the Spirituality and Consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in Dom Prosper Louis Pascal Guéranger (born 4 April 1805, Sablé-sur-Sarthe, France; died 30 January 1875, Solesmes Solesmes Abbey or St Peter's Abbey Solesmes ( Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes) is a Benedictine Monastery in Solesmes ( Ligugé is a commune in the département of Vienne, France on the River Clain, 8km south of Poitiers He was later appointed abbot of Saint-Wandrille-de-Fontenelle (installed on the abbey throne on July 24, 1898), a Benedictine abbey in Saint-Wandrille-Rançon, Normandy - closed during the French Revolution - refounded since 1895. Fontenelle Abbey or the Abbey of St Wandrille is a Benedictine monastery in the commune of Saint-Wandrille-Rançon near Caudebec-en-Caux in Saint-Wandrille-Rançon is a commune of the Seine-Maritime département, in France. Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an He became its first abbot since the French Revolution, and was also its first regular abbot since the 16th century.
The Most Reverend Abbot Dom Joseph Pothier moved from France to Belgium with his exiled community in 1901, following the French 'Associations law' against religious congregations passed by Minister Waldeck-Rousseau.
Music
A musicologist, a disciple and collaborator of Abbot Dom Prosper Guéranger, Dom Pothier contributed to the reconstitution, the restoration and the renewal of the Gregorian chant, a form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song of the Roman Catholic Church. Musicology ( Greek: μουσική = "music" and λόγος = "word" or "reason" is the scholarly study of Music He was later, 1904 by Pope St. Pius X, appointed president of the Pontifical Commission on the Vatican Edition of the Gregorian Liturgical Books. Saint Pius X ( Latin: Pius PP X) ( June 2, 1835 &mdash August 20, 1914) born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the As chairman of this commission for the reconstitution of the music of the Roman Catholic Mass, Dom Pothier lived in Rome from 1904 till 1913. The Mass is the Eucharistic celebration in the Latin liturgical rites of the Roman Catholic Church. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2
He was also the head and editor of the Revue du Chant Grégorien (1892-1914), the founder of the Paléographie Musicale publication for the dissemination of medieval liturgical manuscripts, and the author of a new edition of the choir books based on manuscripts of the Gregorian chant and of several studies on the plainchant, including Les mélodies grégoriennes d'après la tradition (Gregorian Melodies According to the Tradition), 1880, which became the standard work on the subject. For the band see " Plainsong (band " For the song on The Cure's 1989 album see " Disintegration " His Liber Gradualis, 1883, marked the beginning of a reform in liturgical chant and was used as a basis for the Gradual Vatican which was published, under his direction, in 1908.
References
- Dom Joseph Pothier, Abbé de Saint Wandrille, Réformateur du Chant grégorien, available at http://www.chez.com/xav99/index.htm [FR], based on Dom Joseph Pothier, Abbé de Saint-Wandrille, et la restauration du chant grégorien, a biography by Dom Lucien David.
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